#E5A36E#E5A36E
#E5A36E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.104 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A36E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 163, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 52%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.22, 18.56, 37.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.22, 41.48, 63.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.74% 0.0536 0.0896) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.74% 0.104 59.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.2273, 43.9818, 20.6981) |
| Luminance | 0.4398 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.68
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.28
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.43
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.84
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.24
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 7.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A36E #6EB0E5
analogous
#E56E75 #E5A36E #E5DF6E
triadic
#E5A36E #6EE5A3 #A36EE5
tetradic
#E5A36E #75E56E #6EB0E5 #DF6EE5
square
#E5A36E #75E56E #6EB0E5 #DF6EE5
split-complementary
#E5A36E #6EE5DF #6E75E5
monochromatic
#B86421 #DC823A #E5A36E #EEC4A2 #F8E5D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#E5A36E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.80
#E5A36E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A36E
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A36E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A36E | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.80 | 9.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A86A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B76F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79596
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a36e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 163, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.104 59.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0be98',
500: '#e5a36e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a36e; $custom-light: #f0be98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a36e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 163,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.723,
"s": 69.591,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76738,
"c": 0.10444,
"h": 59.1
},
"luminance": 0.43978
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A36E
secondary
#C4DAEB
accent
#7DD214
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF6F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E